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"There it is. Hatesong Tower." Riku said.
"Alright, let's get to saving Eclair." Blooey said and with a nod, they quickly ran into the tower.
"Sire! We have intruders!"
"What? Well, do something about it then!"
"Right away!"
Once they went into the tower, they heard footsteps approaching. "Here they come!" Namine said as they readied themselves… only to be met with tons of Goombas.
"Wait… what." Blooey blinked.
"Goombas? …What." Jerry said.
"Fascinating…" Torque mused.
Riku readied his Keyblade. "We shouldn't underestimate these things. They could easily pack a wallop and-"
"Save your energy, Riku!" Blooey said as he jumped up and landed on the Goomba's heads to easily squish them. "The Goombas are squishy!"
Riku blinked. "What."
"Ooooh, it's like a bounce pad!" Namine said as she eagerly jumped on the Goombas.
Riku sweatdropped. "They're that easy? …Okay then."
They all proceeded to bounce their way through the hallway until they eventually reached the throne room.
"Alright, Chestnut King. Show yourself!" Riku demanded, and right on cue, the Chestnut King slammed into the ground.
BGM: Gates of Goomba Castle (Paper Mario)
"Wait… the Chestnut King is… another Goomba?" Namine blinked.
"Well, they are kinda like chestnuts…" Jerry said.
"You have some nerve making it to my tower! I'll make this quick!" The Goomba King declared. "En garde!"
End BGM
BGM: Goomba King's Decree (Paper Mario)
Everyone readied themselves as the Goomba King lunged at the group as did the heroes.
"STOP!" A voice yelled.
End BGM
Everyone turned to see a woman approaching them. She had auburn hair down to her shoulder, chestnut eyes, a light brown gown and had a tiara on her head. "What is the meaning of this?" She demanded.
"Wait, are you… Eclair?" Riku asked.
"Yes!" She nodded.
She's gorgeous! Blooey and Jerry thought, both of them blushing.
"Huh, pretty." Torque said.
"We were tasked to gather up the Marvelous Compass pieces and save you from this guy." Riku explained.
"What? I thought you were here from Crepe to take her away from me!" The Goomba King said. "I've done my time being evil after serving Bowser, I turned over a new leaf! In fact, I've met the love of my life." He motioned his head to Eclair.
"...Wait, WHAT?!" Blooey yelled.
"A Goomba and a human madly in love… huh… well, I'd rather not know what the kids would look like." Jerry mumbled.
"I was going to rule the Waffle Kingdom together with my love, but unfortunately, Minister Crepe had other ideas!" Goomba King mumbled. "He nearly killed me, but Eclair put a stop to him and begged him to spare him. Crepe then banished us to this place…"
"He's pulling the strings. He manipulated all of you." Eclair told them.
"I should've known there was something wrong with him. I sensed it…" Riku said.
"Welp… might as well pay that Crepe a visit." Namine said. "Can't wait to see the look on his face when we-"
Suddenly, a wave of darkness struck Namine from behind. "Aagh!" She cried, being launched a few feet.
Riku gasped and turned around while Blooey, Jerry and Torque quickly went to make sure if Namine was alright. "Crepe!" He said.
BGM: Boss Prelude (Kirby's Return to Dreamland)
"That Marvelous Compass… hand it to me! The Luff empire will rise from the ashes and crush all those who resist!" Crepe ordered.
Riku growled. "That's not happening!" He said.
"I should have destroyed the both of you when I had the chance… but no matter! You don't look very tough, neither does your friend! I, Crepe, will destroy you all with little effort! I hope you will enjoy your demi-"
Immediately, balloons surrounded Crepe. "Huh?" He wondered as a snap of the fingers caused the balloons to shoot for him and covered him up. "AAAARGH!"
"Big talk… for someone who's not worth anything."
End BGM
Riku turned his head to see Namine wiping her lower lip, looking quite angry. "Namine…?"
BGM: The 13th Reflection (Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD ReMix)
"I can look past the manipulation because I've actually had a fun time on this adventure. What I can't forgive however… is taking a potshot at someone who was ill prepared!"
"Oh, why don't you cry me a riv-"
"Especially if that someone is a WITCH."
Crepe took a step back. "A witch?!" He exclaimed as electricity crackled in Namine's hand as she raised her arm up and threw it down to unleash a Thundaga Shockwave at him, electrocuting the heck out of him as Namine crossed her arms into an X, an icy aura surrounding her arms as she swung her arms out as Blizzaga Icicles shot out and pinned Crepe to a wall.
With a snap of the fingers, she conjured up an Aeroga Tornado as it swept him up and threw him in the air as she unleashed a Firaga Flamethrower on him, and once he came back down, she waved her arm in a circle to conjure up a Waterga bubble as she pushed it into him to trap him inside.
"You have a cannon, don't you?" Namine asked.
"Yes. …Ooooh!" The Goomba King took off and then came back with a cannon, stuffing the trapped Crepe inside the cannon as Namine snapped her fingers to pop the bubble, and also lit the fuse as the Goomba King turned the cannon toward a window and opened fire as Crepe was launched toward a massive lava lake.
"THIS WASN'T WHAT I HAD IN MIIIIIIIIIIND!"
He disappeared into the lava lake shortly after.
End BGM
"...Damn!" Blooey said.
"Remind me to never make you angry." Jerry sweatdropped.
"You okay?" Riku asked.
"Yeah, I'm alright." Namine dusted her hands off. "Well, on the bright side… you can enjoy your honeymoon in the Waffle Kingdom."
"Hey, that's right!" The Goomba King nodded.
Eclair's eyes sparkled. "Yeah!" She took off the Marvelous Compass piece off of her tiara and placed it on the compass. With a grin, she waved to the others. "See you around!" She climbed up on her lover's head! "To the kingdom, my darling fiance!"
"With pleasure!" The Goomba King ran off with the army of Goombas running behind them.
"Sooooo… now what?" Namine asked as they walked out of the tower.
"Well, for starters, find Sora and Kairi. I'm sure they're looking for us." Riku said as they walked off, but then the sky turned dark shortly after.
BGM: Shadow Queen's Theme (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"What the…?" Riku wondered.
"That doesn't look good." Namine said.
"If I had to guess, something bad's going on in the Mushroom Kingdom. We gotta go."
"But it's so far away, how are we going to get there in time?"
Blooey spotted a ? Block nearby as he walked over and hit it, where several P Wings popped out. "Hey guys?" They all turned to him. "I think I know how we can get to the Mushroom Kingdom in time."
End BGM
Meanwhile…
The Crystal Stars emerged from the petrified statues of everyone and wrapped around everyone, engulfing them in light as they were brought back to normal. "Gah! What the… were we statues?!" Sora said in surprise.
"There's no doubt in my mind that the Shadow Queen petrified us." Akira said. "How were we brought back, I'll never know."
"I think I might know the answer to that." Mario said, looking at the Crystal Stars.
"Interesting, so the Crystal Stars are not only a weakness to the Shadow Queen, but also nullifies the power." Bea mused.
"Hey, I'm all for it." Noire said.
"Wait, where's Peach?" Kairi asked.
"I have a feeling she took Peach… and I have a pretty good feeling that she's been forced to take her to the Mushroom Kingdom." Rosalina said, looking at the hole in the ceiling.
Bowser let out a roar. "Like I'm going to let that hag take all the glory!"
"Welp, we've made it this far. Might as well take her out in style." Aerith said as they nodded.
"Let's take this hag down!" Ryuji cracked his knuckles as Rosalina teleported all of them to the surface and went into the Observatory.
"Heeeeey!" Gloria came flying over on her Eternatus. "What the shite is going on?"
"We're heading to the Mushroom Kingdom. The Shadow Queen is holding Peach hostage there!" Bea said. "You want to come?"
Gloria smirked. "Oh, ye bet yer arse!"
The Observatory lit up and launched away to the Mushroom Kingdom, and as they did, Noire pulled out her phone.
"Hey Uni? It's me. Think you can rally everyone up and meet us at the Mushroom Kingdom?"
"What for?"
"You wanna help us take down a final boss in style?"
"I'll get the team together. IF and Compa too?"
"Yes."
"Alrighty then!"
Nore smirked, "Let's rock and roll." She said, while Luigi took his phone out.
At the Mushroom Kingdom…
"My my, such a lovely kingdom. Too bad it's a little dreadful with this dark sky but… eh. I'm sure I can do some mass renovations." Shadow Queen said, casually having Peach trapped within a shadowy cage. "What do you think… a little off the top for the town? Maybe I could give the castle a makeover. It's a little too pink for my liking."
"How about you leave my kingdom alone…" Peach mumbled.
"Nah, not my style." Shadow Queen rubbed her chin in thought. "Eh, I'll just rebuild everything from the ground up. Keep the townsfolk alive but have them be my cute little servants."
With a snap of the fingers, dark hands rose out of the ground in Toad Town, causing massive devastation as buildings crumbled and residents screamed in terror. "Ah, this is more like it!"
"Were you always like this?"
"Well, not really." Shadow Queen shrugged. "My people dwelled in the darkness, we didn't care much for the outside light, but we lived with it. Occasionally we'd go into the outside world, hide in the shade… even then it was too bright. One day, someone came up to one of our people… and then when they showed that person our town… he went back to his own world without a word. An hour later, he came back with a mob filled with torches and pitchforks. They began slaughtering us because we were "freaks in shadows"."
Shadow Queen closed her eyes. "You would not begin to imagine the horrors I've seen. The slaughtering, the persecution… all because we were different from the rest. "Boogeymen" if you will. I decided to do something about this massacre. I created the Crystal Stars and used their power to destroy the mob."
"The Crystal Stars can destroy you… you've made them powerful enough to stop you."
"A failsafe, to be fair. If I ever grew mad with power, one of my subjects can use it on me to eradicate the power high I was on. Sure, it can destroy me, but honestly, it was a risk I was willing to take. The more power you use on the Crystal Stars, the higher chance that I'd get absolutely destroyed."
"I see."
"However, after I destroyed the mob, these four people came to put an end to my people. They even used the Crystal Stars against me to seal me inside, but I placed a curse on them too should they part with the Crystal Stars."
Shadow Queen smirked. "I'm the only one left of my kind… and I'm going to make sure I rebuild my kingdom, my people… I'll rebuild everything!"
"By slaughtering everything?!"
Shadow Queen snarled, glaring at Peach. "YOUR PEOPLE SLAUGHTERED US FIRST! You light dwellers… you're all the same! You think you know what's best for you while you slaughter those who live in the shadows because we're different! Well, guess what, princess… I'm going to make sure you know the hell that I've been through. Ha… and Grodus thought he could make me his slave? HA!"
"I'd feel a lot more sorry for you if you didn't do something this incredibly drastic!" Peach said. "It's not too late for you to stop this carnage!"
"You light dwellers should have thought of that before you slaughtered my people."
"I had nothing to do with it! That was a millennium ago!"
"And within that millennium, you light dwellers haven't changed a bit. What's next, you start slaughtering people because they start having animal traits? Your kind disgusts me…" The Shadow Queen turned around, her back turned to her. "And I'm going to turn this world into a land of darkness, where you light dwellers will live in the darkness. …And either you live side by side with us in harmony… or I'll put you to death myself."
"Whatever happened to "Not killing people for the sake of edginess"?"
"This is different. This is for the sake of my people."
Shadow Queen snapped her fingers, transforming Peach's Castle into darkness as she wrapped herself and Peach in darkness and teleported away to Peach's Castle.
The Comet Observatory came flying into the Mushroom Kingdom. "Wait a second! What's going on with Peach's Castle?!" Luigi exclaimed.
"She's transforming the land… we have to hurry!" Rosalina said as the Observatory came in for a landing as they all hopped off and quickly headed for Peach's Castle, which was now decked out in black walls, a purple roof and the mural had changed to the Shadow Queen.
They quickly ran through the castle until they made their way to the gardens where Shadow Queen was at.
"I have to say, this garden is quite lovely." She said.
"HEY!" Bowser roared, catching her attention.
BGM: Tension (Super Mario Galaxy)
"Oh? You got out of your petrified states? Hmm, can't say I'm surprised given you have the Crystal Stars."
"Where's Peach?" Mario demanded.
"Oh, her?" Shadow Queen snapped her fingers as Peach was seen trapped in the gazebo. "She's getting herself comfortable." She spotted Gloria. "Hmm? Can't say I never spotted you before."
"Let's just say I'm someone who ye shouldn't mess with." Gloria smirked, pulling out a crowbar.
"Oh oh? A Scottish girl? And she's got a crowbar? Oh no, whatever shall I do?" Shadow Queen rolled her eyes.
"It all ends here!" Sora said. "You think you can just redecorate Peach's Castle the way you like it?"
"Buddy, if you think I'm not going to rebuild my people and my home by not redecorating, then you're dead wrong." Shadow Queen chuckled. "You light dwellers could learn a thing or two about decoration."
"What the hell is this lady's deal?" Ryuji wondered.
"She's angry over the fact that her people were a once prosperous civilization in the darkness, only for one of her kind to invite one of our light dweller's to their world. They were soon slaughtered because the light dwellers thought they were abominations!" Peach explained. "She's the only one left of her kind!"
"And I plan on rebuilding it too, and I'm not going to let you light dwellers get in my WAY!" Shadow Queen demanded.
"Huh? I don't remember hearing about this in the history books!" Koops said.
"Ooooh, of course you didn't! Apparently you Light Dwellers have a knack for wiping away history! Why am I NOT surprised! You always ruin everything! Whatever… when I'm done with you all, I'm going to turn this world into something glorious, where we can dwell together in harmony… or be put to death if you even THINK about discriminating our kind!"
"While I do feel bad that the people of the ancients destroyed your clan, that does not give you the right to rebuild your livelihood and slaughter everyone." Akira said.
"You light dwellers had no right for massacring my people!" Shadow Queen spat. "You all think you're all high and mighty, when in reality, you're just a bunch of degenerates who think you know what's best for those who you deem garbage!"
"Look who's talking!" Ann said. "You're going to do the very same!"
"I'm going to avenge my people one way or another." Shadow Queen suddenly chuckled. "Unless… you join me." She offered her hand to them. "What do you say? Join me and I might just spare your lives while I either slaughter everyone or turn them into my personal slave."
Everyone got in their fighting stances, most of them bringing out their weapons while the Phantom Thieves went into their Persona attire.
"So you spit on my offer… tch, just like you light dwellers." Shadow Queen smirked, summoning shotgun pistols. "Very well. I'll just go ahead and kill you all and-"
End BGM
Suddenly, the sound of a motorcycle was heard. "Hmm?" Shadow Queen turned her head as did everyone else, turning toward one of the castle walls… and saw an orange Mach Bike launching over the wall.
BGM: Daisy's Theme (Mario Strikers Charged)
"HIYAAAAAAAAH!"
"What the…?!" Shadow Queen wondered as the Mach Bike slammed into the ground and charged at the Shadow Queen, forcing her to dive out of the way as the Mach Bike skidded to a halt, and then the person in question took off her helmet, revealing it to be a very familiar tomboy princess. "Who the HELL do you think you are?!"
"Hmhmhm, I got a call that my sister-in-arms needed help." The princess chuckled, causing Luigi to smile.
"You didn't answer my question!"
"Oh who am I? Hi, I'm Daisy…" Daisy pulled out a Crystal-like Flower and absorbed it into her hand. "And I'm here to kick your ass!"
"She's not the only one!" A voice said as the rest of the CPUs, the CPU Candidates and IF and Compa arrived.
"We didn't miss anything, did we?" IF asked, readying her pistols.
"Nope. You just missed a shadow gal bitching about how she wants to destroy us Light Dwellers to rebuild her shadow clan." Noire said.
"Oh, so she's one of those people." Uni rolled her eyes. "Charming!"
"Oh, so we didn't miss anything important? Fine by us!" Neptune said. "Now let's kick her tail!" She grinned as they all went into their HDD forms as Daisy freed Peach up.
End BGM
"It's over! You're completely outnumbered!" Lightning told her.
"Hmhmhmhm… hahahaha… HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Shadow Queen laughed. "Fine, if you won't see my way… then I'll force you into it!" She said. "You Light Dwellers are about to experience what true hell tastes like!"
Bowser let out a roar as his Koopa Troop got ready. "SHOWTIME!"
"Heh, "showtime", indeed!"
BGM: Shadow Queen Final Phase - Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (GaMetal)
"Let's-a go!" Mario said as they all charged at the Shadow Queen. The Shadow Queen simply smirked and quickly fired her shotguns, forcing them to scatter as Mario jumped up into the air and hammered her in the head, but Shadow Queen called up a shadow hand to block the attack as she threw him away but he recovered and launched a stream of fire into her at the same time as Bowser breathed fire at her.
Shadow Queen Shadowstepped out of the way and threw a dark shadow ball at Bowser, where it slammed into the ground and caused an explosion that knocked several people away as Green Heart came in and swung her spear at her, where Shadow Queen switched her shotguns for a shadowy longsword, both of them clashing as the two swung their weapons, right as White Heart came in and hammered Shadow Queen away while Nepgear flew up and slashed her down while Uni shot her up with IF.
Ram and Rom raised their staffs up, throwing down fire and electricity as Kamek and Kammy aided them by firing magic of their own. Shadow Queen put up a reflective force field to bounce it back at them as Black Heart and Purple Heart flew over and slashed her, unleashing fire and electricity of their own to knock her away.
Shadow Queen recovered and threw down orbs of darkness at the Magikoopas, but they teleported away right as the Koopa Bros stacked on top. "Alright, Mario Bros! Hit us!" Red cued as Mario and Luigi hammered the Koopas while Koops used Shell Slam while General Guy flanked her and shot out Bullet Bills at her.
"Hahahaha!" Shadow Queen ducked underneath the Koopa Bros, but got shoved in the gut by Koops' Shell Slam while also being hit by the Bullet Bills. She backflipped and unleashed an army of shadow hands at them, consuming them and throwing them around right after as she unleashed a stream of darkness from her hands, but Rosalina responded with a stream of cosmic fire as Bowser, Mario, Panther and Black Heart joined her where Junior jumped in and spat out fireballs.
Sora and Kairi flanked her as they both nodded and they both slashed her a few times as Kairi slashed her up in the air and Sora Aerial Slammed her into the ground where Daisy met her on the way down and Crystal Punched her into the flames, where Aerith used Thundaga.
Shadow Queen snarled, seeing Gloria, Bea, Skull and Queen charging at her as she smirked and fired a wave of darkness at them, where Bea and Queen slid underneath the wave while everyone else went around it as Bea then pulled out a Fire Flower and went into her Blaziken form and Blaze Kicked her in the gut while Queen unleashed a nuclear palm strike in her chest while Gloria flanked her and swung her crowbar down.
The Shadow Queen blocked Gloria from attacking and smirked, but Gloria reached for her Pokeballs. "Need some help out here, lad!" She called out.
"Intelle!" Her Inteleon cried and used Snipe Shot to hit the Shadow Queen in the head.
"Gragh!" She grunted as Gloria kicked her in the knee and then swung her crowbar down at the same as Skull swung his nailed bat at her.
"Step aside!" Noir said as they jumped back as she fired her grenade launcher, sending her back as Sora AirStepped to her, quickly used Reversal and set Bobbery down who immediately used Bob-ombast that sent her flying back to the group.
"You okay?" Sora asked.
"Hup! I feel fantastic!"
Shadow Queen grunted, slowly getting up. "You Light Dwellers… you think that's all I've got?! YOU'VE SEEN NOTHING YET!"
She started to glow. "Hrrrr… HRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" She punched the ground, unleashing a powerful dark explosion that knocked everyone around and made part of Peach's Castle crumbled.
End BGM
"Nnngh…" Mario staggered to his feet, only for Shadow Queen to grab him by the throat and pinned him to a wall. "Mmmph!"
"You Light Dwellers are working my last nerve… why won't you accept that I'm trying to rebuild my livelihood? Why won't you accept that?! You Light Dwellers NEVER accepted for who we were… so now I'm going to make sure you will accept me! That you will ALL accept my people that I am rebuilding! Then we can-"
"We've already accepted you for who you are!" Joker said. "You've gone off the deep end and turned yourself into a monster. There is no denying it. While it's true that some of us Light Dwellers are bad eggs, that doesn't mean all of us are bad. However, if you continue down this genocidal path, we will have no choice but to put you down."
Shadow Queen threw Mario to the side and glared at Joker. "You think you're some hot shit, telling me that you Light Dwellers aren't all bad? Who's the one who pointed their weapons at me? Who's the one who offered you mercy? Who's the one that spared you from death by petrifying you? ME! But no, you just spat in my face like all the Light Dwellers that you are!"
Angry tears swelled in her eyes. "I will make sure you will see the error of your ways…" Her voice cracked. "Even if it means killing a few of you to get the point across!"
"By having the Light Dwellers live in fear of you?"
"At least I'd be respected!"
"No. You'll be resented and even if you come out on top and have everyone enslaved, there will always be a revolution. There will be a civil war where everyone will band together to hunt you down."
"This world will be a paradise!"
"No, it will be hell on earth for every Light Dweller you enslave." Joker aimed his gun at her, but Shadow Queen snapped her fingers as Joker was ensnared by the darkness. "Nnngh!"
"Joker!" Morgana exclaimed.
"You talk about bondage… but I will do NONE of that! We will live in harmony if it's the last thing I EVER DO!" She yelled.
Suddenly, a Thundaga came crashing down on her as she let out a pained cry. "Huh?" Sora wondered as Riku and his team landed on the ground.
"Glad we got here in time!" Namine smiled, using Curaga on everyone with the help of Aerith and Compa.
"Riku? Namine? Where the heck have you guys been?"
"We could ask the same with you." Riku said.
Peach got up. "Shadow Queen… I'm sorry that the Light Dwellers from the past had done you wrong-"
"I'm sure you are!"
"But there's no reason for all of this! Just stand down…"
"No… NO… I'm not standing down when I've come so far!"
"You're making it really hard for me to sympathize with you." Green Heart said. "Your actions do not justify what you are doing."
"Ugh, can't you just die already…" White Heart mumbled.
Rosalina clapped her hands. "I've heard enough." She said as the Crystal Stars circled around Rosalina before they moved over and surrounded the Shadow Queen.
"Huh…? What? The Crystal Stars…? Wait… NO!" She yelled as the Crystal Stars shined brightly. "GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" She screamed as she fell on her knees.
"She's been weakened!" Rosalina said as the Crystal Stars returned. "Now we have a shot at defeating her."
"BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Having a little trouble there, shadow brat!" Bowser taunted. "Now it's time for all of us to kick your sorry ass to the curb!"
"We got a shot! …Even though I think we already had one." Black Heart said.
"Alright, let's give her the torpedo treatment!" Blooey declared.
Shadow Queen let out a monstrous roar. "I'LL DESTROY ALL OF YOU!"
"Alright, powering you guys up!" Oracle said, boosting their power and defense. "Go wild!"
BGM: Uranus (Megadimension Neptunia VII)
Shadow Queen proceeded to shoot at them with her shotguns, but Riku disappeared in darkness and used Dark Aura to knock her away as Namine used a Firaga Blast with Panther helping her out.
Joker ran toward Shadow Queen with Mario, Purple Heart, Nepgear and Lightning by his side as Shadow Queen got back up and threw out orbs of darkness at them, but they avoided it as Joker proceeded to slash her with his knife before kicking her in the gut as Mario used an uppercut with his hammer as Purple Heart and Nepgear, holding Lightning in her hand, flew up and the three of them slashed her down where Uni and IF shot her up.
Shadowy claws came out of the Shadow Queen's hands and swiped down at Mario, but he jumped back as Peach jumped in and whacked her with her umbrella as Daisy flanked her and crystal kicked her as Shadow Queen retaliated by unleashed a shadowy fire at them to knock them away, but then Bowser rolled into her and jumped up, body slamming into her immediately after, then jumped off where Captain Goomba headbonked her and Captain Boo slapped her right after.
"Away with you!" Shadow Queen backhanded them, where Captain Boo floated away to avoid getting backhanded where Blooey hopped into General Guy's Bill Blaster and launched into Shadow Queen's gut, while Nocturne threw eggs around her as Jerry and Bobbery popped out of two eggs and blew themselves up.
The Ruby Star circled around Black Heart as she threw down a Killer Wail as it unleashed its energy into her while she also threw Curling Bombs at her. Shadow Queen avoided the Curling Bombs and fired dark bullets at Black Heart, but Rosalina put up a force field on Black Heart as White Heart flanked her and hammered her away/
"Rrrgh!" Shadow Queen growled and proceeded to launch dark explosions at the group, but a large shield blocked the attack, and once the smoke cleared, it turned out to be Gloria's Zamazenta.
"Griiiieeeeld!" Zamazenta cried and lunged, unleashing Behemoth Bash as Bea front flipped, calling out Machamp and Pangoro as they both delivered strong uppercuts into her as Bea axe kicked her down, where Mario and Luigi hammered the Koopa Bros, Koops, Captain Koopa and Torque, all of them smacking her in the face, then Bowser grabbed a hold of the Diamond Star and threw it to the ground, unleashing powerful shockwaves that knocked the Shadow Queen up in the air again as White Heart flew up and hammered her down.
Shadow Queen snarled as she hit the ground, punching the ground as dark hands came out to try and grab a hold of of them, but Fox slashed through it, then Morgana used Magrudyne with Green Heart using her wind magic to push the Shadow Queen away, then Aerith unleashed a light beam from her staff to piece through Shadow Queen as Kairi jumped in and used a Thundara spell with Namine and Riku using Thundaga to help her out.
"Nnnngh… graaaagh… I won't lose… I REFUSE TO LOSE… to you pathetic… Light Dwellers!" Shadow Queen grunted, only for Rosalina to telekinetically hold her in place.
"You've already lost." She said as the Crystal Stars circled around her as Sora immediately went into his Ultimate Form.
"GRAAAAAAAAAAAH!" She cried as the Crystal Stars shot energy into her again as Sora grabbed Kairi as the two of them Airstepped to her as they both slashed Shadow Queen several times as then Mario, who was thrown by Bowser, quickly punched her in the head and then hammered her high into the air.
"Satanael!" Joker summoned as he aimed his gun directly at Shadow Queen. "Checkmate." He said, using Sinfull Shell to finish her off.
End BGM
"AAAAAAGH!" Shadow Queen fell to the ground, slowly fading away. "Dammit… you Light Dwellers… I… I hope you're happy… because you… you made us go extinct. You will… always be… the same…"
She slowly faded away as did the Heartless who had aided her.
"Good riddance…" Sora said as they all nodded.
"What was her deal?" Namine asked.
"Something hypocritical." Peach responded.
"Ah, say no more…" Namine nodded as the clouds parted and the sun shined brightly on them all.
Later, at the Mushroom Kingdom docks…
BGM: Friends in My Heart (Kingdom Hearts II)
"So, this is where we have to part ways now." Koops said. "I had a lot of fun."
"Yeah, so did I!" Nocturne nodded. "I think I'll head over to the Glitz Pit and train there."
"Hmm, not sure what I'll do. I might hang around Twilight Town." Vivian said.
"Alas, the sea has called me once more." Bobbery said.
"I'll… miss you guys…" Noire admitted. "But if you ever feel the need for another adventure, ring me up… I'll… might come or I might not."
"Ah come on, Noire… you made friends, right? I'm sure you'll come to them!" Neptune said.
"Fr-friends?! What gave you that idea, you blockhead!"
Bea chuckled. "Sora. You still owe me a fight one day."
Sora smiled. "I'll look forward to that day."
"Same here." She nodded.
"The boat is leaving. Take care." Akira said as they all hopped on the boat and headed for Rogueport, leaving behind the Mario Bros, the princesses, Rosalina, the Koopa Troop, Lightning and the Destiny Island dwellers behind.
"You didn't go with them?" Sora asked.
"Honestly… mind if I stay with you guys? I've got nowhere else to go, admittedly."
"Sure! We can have another person at Destiny Islands!" Namine grinned.
"So I guess this is it." Sora said.
"It appears so." Mario nodded, reaching his hand out to him. "Perhaps we'll meet again another time?"
Sora grinned. "Yeah!" He nodded, taking his hand with all of them smiling as Kairi and Peach hugged before a keyhole opened up as Sora and the others walked in.
"Why does it feel like we're forgetting someone?" Luigi wondered.
"Hmm… I could have sworn I grabbed everyone." Rosalina said.
"...Wait, wasn't Toadsworth with Peach?" Mario asked.
"Of course he was! He was right… here…" Peach's eyes widened. "OH NO! WE FORGOT TOADSWORTH!"
"I'll go get him." Rosalina teleported away.
"Welp, let's head on-a home." Mario said as they walked away.
"AAAAAAH!" Peach yelped, catching their attention as Bowser held Peach hostage.
"She's all mine, plumber! BWAHAHAHA!" Bowser laughed as they hopped onto an airship as they quickly took off.
"Hey… HEY!" Daisy yelled. "You think you can just take Peach away in my presence?! Oh, you are SO gonna get it!"
"No rest for the weary…" Luigi sighed.
"Indeed." Mario nodded, tipping his cap and let out a chuckle. "Let's-a go!" He said as they took off after him.
End BGM
Back on Destiny Islands…
"Aaaah, feels good to be back home." Kairi said, sitting on a palm tree with Sora while Riku leaned against it.
"Yeah… hell of an adventure, but glad we all went." Riku said.
"Yeah… so who were those guys anyway?" Sora asked.
"Well, after you disappeared-"
"Guys!" Namine called them over as they turned to see her running toward them with a letter in her hands.
"What is it?" Sora asked.
"It's for you!" Namine said, handing Sora the letter.
"Huh?" Sora took it and opened it up. He immediately tilted his head in confusion.
"Something wrong?" Riku asked.
"That's an interesting font…" Kairi mused.
"What is it?" Riku wondered.
"I… I don't know." Sora said. "Something about inviting me to some… "Ultimate Tournament" or something. But… I just have one question."
"That being?" Namine wondered.
"What the heck is Smash Bros?"
Meanwhile…
BGM: Magical Mystery (Kingdom Hearts II)
"Hmm…" Yen Sid had his arms folded. "This is indeed troubling…" He mused as there was a knock on his door. "Come in." He said as the door opened, revealing a blunette walking in. "Ah, Sabrina. Glad you have made it."
"Glad I could come." Sabrina chuckled.
"So, are you enjoying retirement?"
"Yeah. Married off my son, I'm raising two daughters… I'm being an awesome aunt to Yuno and Yuki's kid, life's good. Of course, I'm also taking medicine for the amount of headaches that Deadpool gives me."
Yen Sid chuckled. "Indeed. I apologize for interrupting your retirement, but there is something that could spell disaster for our universe."
"Oh boy… what is it now?"
"You recall the last time you went into an alternate universe, correct?"
"Yeah, I remember that well. Stopping Count Bleck from destroying all the universes… I still don't know how he managed to get a hold of ours." Sabrina rubbed her head.
"Indeed. There is another alternate universe that has the potential of doing the same thing."
"What?"
"In one universe, Sora had teamed up with Mario and Lightning to stop the X-Nauts. In another universe, Sora had not only teamed up with Mario, but he teamed up with Luigi, Noire, Aerith and a Galarian by the name of Bea."
"So an alternate universe OF that alternate universe… I see we're pulling an ORAS…" Sabrina mumbled to herself.
"That alternate universe may have gotten wind of ours and could potentially create a void to end our own. Just like last time."
"Alright, who's the troublemaker this time?"
"There may be a rumor that the Dimentio of that alternate universe may hold knowledge of different universes. I would like you to go there… and perhaps bring Minene with you. If you so wish to call for backup, do not hesitate to ask."
"Soooo, this is basically deja vu, only this time I'm only bringing Minene with me."
"That's right."
Sabrina closed her eyes, pinching the bridge of her nose and sighed. "Well, shit… here we go again."
Iono, you're lucky you're adorable...
Ibuki: Oh oh? A Flipside remake?
Perhaps! But anyway, had a lot of fun with this remake even if it took me a year to get back to. Anywho, see y'all then!